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William Bateman Hall FREng (28 May 1923 – 6 August 2003) was a British nuclear engineer, and emeritus professor at the University of Manchester.[1]
Early life
editHe was educated at Urmston Grammar School. He studied at the Manchester Municipal College of Technology, which became University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), graduating in 1950.
Career
editHe had an engineering apprenticeship from 1939 to 1944 with the Manchester Ship Canal Company. He worked at the Royal Aircraft Establishment from 1944 to 1946.
Nuclear energy
editHe worked from 1946 to 1959 for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority at Risley, Warrington (former ROF Risley), the northern headquarters of UKAEA near Birchwood (M6 side of Warrington). In 1964 he launched the Manchester-Liverpool joint research reactor, known as the Universities Research Reactor.
University of Manchester
editHe was the first Professor of Nuclear Engineering, from 1959 to 1986, at the University of Manchester, the heyday of Britain's nuclear energy industry. In 1976 he launched the undergraduate degree in Nuclear Engineering.[2] Initially, whilst at UKAEA, he worked for the University of Manchester two days a week.
He was awarded the 1978 James Clayton prize, by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.[3]
Personal life
editHe married Helen Dennis in 1950, and had four daughters.
References
edit- ^ MJ Harris. "Obituary: William Hall | Environment". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Nuclear engineering | The University of Manchester | School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering". Mace.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.imeche.org. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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